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Street, Pat , Brace, Eric

You're Pulling My Leg: 400 Human-Body Sayings from Head to Toe

48 pp. | Holiday | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2135-0 $18.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Eric Brace. A brief explanation of idioms, metaphors, similes, and proverbs introduces fifteen sections starting at the top of the body ("Heads Up!") and ending at the feet. Each section explores a theme (parade, circus, zoo) and is loaded with comical characters enacting the saying literally (e.g., a strongman pulls a wagon of teeth: "It's like pulling teeth!"). Lots to look at and laugh about. Ind.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges